Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt'

EXTRA LARGE PEONIES. These fantastic 5-8 eye field grown plants are more than twice the size of our usual premium 3-5 eye plants and almost invariably flower in their first year provided they have been planted correctly. Ideal for those impatient gardeners (and who isn't) who just cannot wait to see wonderful peony flowers as soon as possible! The most famous and best loved of all garden peonies. Large double flowers of apple blossom pink which are very sweetly perfumed A taller peony often growing to 95cm, so it is ideal for the back of the border although it may sometimes need staking. This is probably the most widely grown cut flower peony in the world, flowers are freely produced often to the end of June so it is great for extending the flowering season. The Sarah Bernhardt peony was introduced in 1906 by the French breeder Monsieur Lemoine and named after Sarah Bernhardt, a French actress - some say the most famous actress the world has ever known. She actually had a coffin in which she often slept instead of a bed, as she believed it helped her understand her many tragic roles. The saying "doing a Sarah Bernhardt" refers to having a melodramatic moment, a tribute to Sarah's extraordinary talent for tragic drama.

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Aspect: East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Exposure: Sheltered
Family: Paeoniaceae
Flower Colour : Pink
Flower Season: Summer
Foliage: Deciduous
Fragrance: Flower
Habit : Bushy
Hardiness : H6 (Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe) -20 to -15C
Moisture: Moist but well-drained
pH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Season of Interest : Summer
Soil: Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Tags: Award of Garden Merit
Height & Width: 90cm x 60cm

Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

herbaceous peony

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EXTRA LARGE PEONIES. These fantastic 5-8 eye field grown plants are more than twice the size of our usual premium 3-5 eye plants and almost invariably flower in their first year provided they have been planted correctly.

Ideal for those impatient gardeners (and who isn't) who just cannot wait to see wonderful peony flowers as soon as possible!

The most famous and best loved of all garden peonies. Large double flowers of apple blossom pink which are very sweetly perfumed
A taller peony often growing to 95cm, so it is ideal for the back of the border although it may sometimes need staking. This is probably the most widely grown cut flower peony in the world, flowers are freely produced often to the end of June so it is great for extending the flowering season.
The Sarah Bernhardt peony was introduced in 1906 by the French breeder Monsieur Lemoine and named after Sarah Bernhardt, a French actress - some say the most famous actress the world has ever known.
She actually had a coffin in which she often slept instead of a bed, as she believed it helped her understand her many tragic roles. The saying "doing a Sarah Bernhardt" refers to having a melodramatic moment, a tribute to Sarah's extraordinary talent for tragic drama.

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